Before Apple (Computers, not the Beatles’ record label) sold their first portable computer under the name “Mac Portable” it was known internally as the “Love Shack”, after The B-52’s signature song from 1989. It’s a funny, harmless song into which people keep interpreting things that just aren’t there. It really is just about a simple shack where people are having a big party with everyone invited.
The video was shot by Adam Bernstein, who also did a few episodes of “Breaking Bad”, in Upstate New York at the house of a friend. Some of the party attendants were just real friends of the band members, but you can also spot drag queen Rupaul, unknown to the general public at the time.
It was a world-wide hit except for Japan. Even though “The B52’s” were named after the hairstyle of the singers it turned out sharing a name with an American bomber was not a particularly popular choice there.